title: Mismatch repair gene mutations in Chinese HNPCC patients.
abstract: To explore the characteristics of DNA mismatch repair gene mutations in Chinese patients with hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) or Lynch syndrome, the MLH1 and MSH2 genes from probands of 76 HNPCC families were sequenced. By doing so, two frame-shift mutations, three splice-site mutations and fourteen missense mutations (thirteen missense mutations and one nonsense mutation) were identified in the MLH1 gene. In addition, one splice-site mutation and six missense mutations were detected in the MSH2 gene. None of these mutations were detected in 100 matched healthy controls. The remaining mutation-negative cases were subjected to large fragment deletion analysis using multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA). By doing so, five large fragment deletions were detected in the MSH2 gene. No large fragment deletions were detected in the MLH1 gene. We conclude that the MLH1 and MSH2 genes in Chinese HNPCC families exhibit broad mutation spectra.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, General Hospital of Beijing Military Region, Beijing, China. kaishitengfei@163.com
authors.forename: J Q
authors.initials: JQ
authors.lastname: Sheng
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Z Q
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Y Z
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: M Z
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: A Q
authors.initials: AQ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Z T
authors.initials: ZT
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Y
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authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / Q000235:genetics; D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics; D002681:China; D003123:Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis / Q000235:genetics*; D053843:DNA Mismatch Repair; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D000070957:MutL Protein Homolog 1; D051718:MutS Homolog 2 Protein / Q000235:genetics; D009154:Mutation; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D017354:Point Mutation; D017384:Sequence Deletion
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; C501486:MLH1 protein, human; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; C497172:MSH2 protein, human; D000070957:MutL Protein Homolog 1; D051718:MutS Homolog 2 Protein